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bread and butter
1noun
- bread spread with butter.
- a basic means of support; source of livelihood; sustenance:
The automobile industry is the bread and butter of many Detroiters.
bread-and-butter
2[ bred-n-buht-er ]
adjective
- providing a livelihood or basic source of income; supplying the basic needs of life:
a bread-and-butter job; the agency's bread-and-butter account.
- of or relating to basic needs:
housing and other bread-and-butter political issues.
- basic or everyday; staple; routine.
- expressing thanks for hospitality:
a bread-and-butter letter.
bread and butter
noun
- modifier a means of support or subsistence; livelihood
the inheritance was their bread and butter
- bread-and-butter
- providing a basic means of subsistence
a bread-and-butter job
- solid, reliable, or practical
a bread-and-butter player
- expressing gratitude, as for hospitality (esp in the phrase bread-and-butter letter )
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
“I knew Boyfriend would never really have its chance unless it became my bread-and-butter,” she says.
Get immigration done and the party will be able to compete again on bread-and-butter issues with most of the electorate.
It's easy to see how a governor with a proven track record and a focus on bread-and-butter issues could do well.
Isnt anything but bread-and-butter, and such things, appealing to you in life, child?
Paul went on talking in a quiet, low tone, while Digby was munching a thick slice of bread-and-butter.
In an incautious moment, influenced by the idea of saving her bread-and-butter, Mrs Pike gave up the key.
Phebe, do you think there's any chance of cook's giving us some cake, or even some bread-and-butter, to take with us?'
But I meant that Algernon has shown his sense in not selecting a bread-and-butter Miss.
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